The EU is planning a special civilian mission to Moldova, the purpose of which will be to increase the country's resilience to hybrid threats.
This was said by the chief diplomat of the European Union, Josep Borrell, in his speech at the Schuman Defense and Security Forum in Brussels.
Borrell casually mentioned the plans to create an EU civilian mission for Moldova, talking about the adaptation of the model of civilian missions of the European Union as a whole and giving examples mainly from Africa.
"We want to more systematically apply the "train and equip" model, and not just offer training. This approach has shown good results in Niger and Somalia. Now we are preparing a new mission - for the Republic of Moldova, to strengthen the country's ability to counter hybrid threats," he said. Borel, without giving any other details.
He also added that the EU wants to put more emphasis in its missions on preventing crisis situations instead of reacting after the problem has appeared.
Already at the beginning of March, Moldovan publications paid attention to the publication of Welt am Sonntag - journalists learned from sources in diplomatic circles that the EU is planning to create a civilian security mission for Moldova, and it could become operational as early as the beginning of summer.
Moldovan colleagues will be advised by European experts from the police, customs service, justice, experts in the fight against cyber attacks and disinformation.
It will be recalled that earlier this month, the Minister of Defense of Moldova said that the country is not in "immediate military danger", but that Russia is waging a hybrid war against Moldova to overthrow the government.
